Cook+Fox Architects

Cook+Fox Architects is a New York City studio founded by Rick Cook (architect) and Robert F. Fox, Jr. in 2003. Cook+Fox is best known for designing the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, the first commercial high-rise to achieve the United States Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum rating.^{[citation needed]}

The firm’s focus on sustainable design incorporates concepts such as biophilia and biomimicry, which use forms and principles found in nature as a foundation for the design process, resulting in architecture that is inherently connected with the outdoor environment. Recent projects, notably the Bank of America Tower and Henry Miller’s Theatre (renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre), focus on creating a healthy workplace.

The firm’s portfolio includes a range of commercial, institutional and residential projects. With a broad focus on stewardship, Cook+Fox has completed multiple projects in New York City’s historic Landmarks districts. Notable works include the redevelopment of Historic Front Street, a revitalization of a 19th century neighborhood that won an AIA-NY/Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Housing Design;^[1] 401 W 14th Street, a mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District that won an AIA-NY State Award for Adaptive Reuse; and the redevelopment of Henry Miller’s Theatre, a newly constructed theater with a Landmarked 1918 façade that will receive LEED Gold certification—making it Broadway’s first green theater.^[2]

The firm is currently completing construction on the LiveWorkHome, a green, affordable home in Syracuse, NY that was one of three winning entries in the “From the Ground Up” Competition.^[3] While most of the firm’s work is located in the northeast US, its most distant project is the Center for Friends Without a Border, a visitors’ center at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The firm itself has won multiple awards including the Museum of the City of New York’s Gotham Giant Award and New York School of Interior Design’s inaugural Honor Roll of Green Design Award.^[4] Cook+Fox’s LEED Platinum office – the first LEED Platinum project in New York State – is located in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The office’s historic interior was restored and the firm built a green roof, which was featured in National Geographic’s May 2009 issue.^[5]

References

1. ^ Dunlap, David. “Development in a Historic District: New Life on a Street Left for Dead.” New York Times. 3 Jun 2003. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/nyregion/development-in-a-historic-district-new-life-on-a-street-left-for-dead.html?scp=1&sq=david%20dunlap%20development%20in%20a%20historic%20district&st=cse
2. ^ Healy, Patrick. "White Way Gets a 'Green' Theater." New York Times. 3 May 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/theater/04Green.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=patrick%20healy%20white%20way%20gets%20a%20green%20theater&st=cse
3. ^ Applebaum, Alec. “Building New Neighborhoods in Syracuse, Using Some Pieces of the Old.” 15 Dec 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/realestate/commercial/16homes.html?_r=1
4. ^ ”New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) to Present Cook+Fox Architects with Green Design Award.” New York School of Interior Design. http://www.nysid.edu/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=314
5. ^ “Green Roof, New York City.” National Geographic. http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpaper/green-roof-nyc.html

External links

• Cook+Fox Architects LLP